farmershort
Well-Known Member
Hi All,
I thought I'd lump all 3 of these things into one thread to save everyone's sanity.
as part of my 110 rebuild, I need a new bumper, some side step (3 door), and some sort of protection for the rear corners.
bumperettes: I've seen a few around and the ones made from 2 tubes seem to be cheapest, at around £60 a pair on ebay. I think there's even a galv set on there for a similar price. Then from there the prices seem to creep upwards to near the £300 quid mark for ones with fancy diagonal bits of plate. In terms of look-and-feel I'm always on the side of "as original as possible", and in terms of use it's smallholding work and road/towing use.
bumpers: now here's a mine field! everything from the £60 or £80 paddocks/craddocks jobs up to £900 for that german brand who's name escapes me. The one thing I am struggling with it options on bumpers without the holes for end caps. Mine is a 1998, so wouldn't have had end caps, and I want to keep it that way. Devon 4x4 do a very very nice tapered non-winch bumper, but it's in the £250 region from memory. Any top tips for suppliers?
Steps/sliders: I have before now managed to slide a defender sideways on a wet steep gateway and managed to scuff the sides up when I eventually made contact with the gate post. whilst this isn't an everyday concern, I'm interested to know what my hybrid step/slider options are. I notice that some of these more modern tubular oem steps (fire and ice???) look like they may double as basic sliders at a push. any thoughts? I'm not greenlaning at all, so the oem foldable jobs will be my default.
I thought I'd lump all 3 of these things into one thread to save everyone's sanity.
as part of my 110 rebuild, I need a new bumper, some side step (3 door), and some sort of protection for the rear corners.
bumperettes: I've seen a few around and the ones made from 2 tubes seem to be cheapest, at around £60 a pair on ebay. I think there's even a galv set on there for a similar price. Then from there the prices seem to creep upwards to near the £300 quid mark for ones with fancy diagonal bits of plate. In terms of look-and-feel I'm always on the side of "as original as possible", and in terms of use it's smallholding work and road/towing use.
bumpers: now here's a mine field! everything from the £60 or £80 paddocks/craddocks jobs up to £900 for that german brand who's name escapes me. The one thing I am struggling with it options on bumpers without the holes for end caps. Mine is a 1998, so wouldn't have had end caps, and I want to keep it that way. Devon 4x4 do a very very nice tapered non-winch bumper, but it's in the £250 region from memory. Any top tips for suppliers?
Steps/sliders: I have before now managed to slide a defender sideways on a wet steep gateway and managed to scuff the sides up when I eventually made contact with the gate post. whilst this isn't an everyday concern, I'm interested to know what my hybrid step/slider options are. I notice that some of these more modern tubular oem steps (fire and ice???) look like they may double as basic sliders at a push. any thoughts? I'm not greenlaning at all, so the oem foldable jobs will be my default.
